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Universities know green power is a good deal. They are also taking the lead because they have to: Their stakeholders demand it.
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Universities are taking advantage of long-term power purchase agreements to boost renewable energy and shrink carbon footprints.
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Sierra magazine has released its annual list of the "Coolest Schools" in the U.S. -- a roster of colleges and universities that the publication scored the highest in combatting climate change and teaching students about sustainability.
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The winners of Johnson Controls' TEAMS competition were asked to write an open letter to all the candidates in the 2008 presidential race, urging potential leaders to make the environment and energy efficiency top priorities for the election and beyond.
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Germany's Technische Universität Darmstadt won the overall top score in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition on the National Mall in Washington, followed by the University of Maryland in second place and Santa Clara University in third.
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UNH announced this week a partnership with Waste Management to pipe landfill gas to power the Durham campus, and Ball State committed to becoming carbon neutral under the Presidents' Climate Commitment.
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The college, which was also just named the greenest college in the Southeast, will join with the city in a first-of-its-kind to work together on reducing the region's carbon emissions and further their mutual climate protection goals.
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The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) for the electrical industry announced the publication of what it claims is the first comprehensive guide for solar energy system installations.
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The alliance -- the fourth such arrangement Chevron has created in the past year -- will focus on ways to convert non-food crops into renewable energy for transportation.
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U.C. Berkeley and the University of Maryland have joined a growing list of schools that boast student-funded sustainability projects.
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In the EPA's annual Green Power Challenge, New York University placed first among all individual schools for total kilowatt-hours purchased, and the Ivy Leagues are the greenest group of schools.
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Frenso State University is adding photovoltaic panels atop parking shelters for 700 vehicles, allowing it to meet 20 percent of campus electricity base demand with renewable energy.
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A project that turned the campus's cafeteria waste products into biodiesel beat out nine other finalists in a nationwide contest sponsored by General Electric and mtvU.
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Engineers at Purdue University have created a new, environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter that could potentially fuel the entire U.S. transportation sector.
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An annual survey of college and university sustainability programs has found more than 600 activities on campuses in the U.S. and Canada last year.
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British Petroleum announced the creation of the Energy Biosciences Institute, which will lead the way in discovering next-generation clean energy.
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Creating a recycling program at the office, setting the library computers to default to two-sided printing, and changing the lighting in campus buildings to be Energy Star compliant are all ideas that can positively impact the environment.
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Industrial and farm waste soon may supply electricity for thousands of people because of an economic development collaboration of experts from Purdue University, industry, and city and county governments.